December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM EST
Conservative dismantles MAGA claim that obeying 'laws of war' is 'woke'

In MAGA media outlets, the Trump Administration's Venezuela policy is repeatedly defended as a willingness to put American interests above "wokeness" -- including a series of military strikes against Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean that U.S. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claim were being used to smuggle illegal drugs to the United States. Hegseth insists that his priority is defending the U.S., not being "woke." But in a biting column published on December 4, the New York Times' David French counters that there is nothing "woke" about obeying the "rules of war" that the Pentagon has adhered to over the years.

December 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM EST
'Apprentice' president guts US apprenticeships after big promises: labor official

Washington Monthly writer Anne Kim reports the president and former star of "The Apprentice" vowed to "reach and surpass 1 million new active apprentices," before surrendering his commitment to funding cuts, grant cancellations, and layoffs. Trump directed the Department of Labor to deliver his commitment to surpass 1 million new active apprentices within 120 days in an April executive order, but Kim reports that deadline has passed, "with no evidence of progress or even a plan to reach the one-million apprenticeship milestone."

December 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM EST
Democrats look to throw Trump's 'bullying' tactic back in his face

A top Democratic leader in Virginia said that the legislature will move forward with a redistricting effort that could eliminate as many as four Republicans from the House of Representative, citing the need to hit back against President Donald Trump "bullying" other states to do the same against Democrats. State Rep. Don Scott, the Democratic Speaker for the Virginia House of Delegates, spoke about the situation during a recent appearance at a meeting of the Virginia Property Owners Alliance. He suggested that the planned gerrymander could go so far as to produce nine Democratic districts and only one Republican, a loss of four seats for GOP. He also stressed that the Virginia Democrats would have preferred not to take this step, but that they were forced by Trump's coercion of red states.

December 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM EST
Why I'm done being silent about Trump's supporters

I have cut back on the time I spend on social media since last year's terrible elections. It might be the only good that's come from one of the worst days in American history. A once thriving Twitter account is now dead and buried. I simply can't be anywhere the ghastly Elon Musk and his phony hate-mongers. The place is an overflowing trashcan full of so many lies, and awful things, it's a wonder it hasn't self-combusted.

December 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM EST
Trump's 'mental decline' on display with 'deranged obsession': House lawmaker

WASHINGTON -- A pair of top Democrats in the House of Representatives slammed President Donald Trump's "deranged obsession" with attacking Somali-Americans on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Trump said he does not want Somalis in the United States because "they contribute nothing," the AP reported. His most recent attack follows a report by the conservative outlet City Journal that accused Somali Americans of committing fraud in Minnesota, the report added.

December 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM EST
Expert says 'the military is being positioned as the fall guy' in Hegseth scandal

Don't be fooled. The only people undermining the American military's chain of command are the president and his secretary of defense. How?

December 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM EST
DC insider pinpoints the clearest symptom yet of Trump's mental decline

After criticizing media coverage about him aging in office, Trump appeared to be falling asleep during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday. But that's hardly the most troubling aspect of his aging.

December 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM EST
Trump may be off the hook in Georgia -- but he's not vindicated

When the Georgia Supreme Court handed Pete Skandalakis a steaming pile of horse manure, he did what any reasonable person would do in such a situation: He disposed of it as quickly and efficiently as possible, recommending that all remaining state criminal charges against President Trump be dropped. He was right to do so.

December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM EST
FBI leaders push back against Trump admin's demand to investigate 6 Democrats over video

President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly making moves to initiate a criminal investigation into six Democratic members of Congress, but some in the FBI are refusing to go along with the plan. Bloomberg Law reported Wednesday that the FBI headquarters is demanding a "seditious conspiracy investigation" into the Democratic lawmakers -- who are all military and intelligence veterans -- after they released a video encouraging rank-and-file service members to remember their duty to disobey illegal orders. While the investigation has not yet been launched, this would mark a significant escalation beyond the voluntary inquiry the FBI launched in the immediate aftermath of the video.

December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM EST
Congressman announces articles of impeachment against Trump's Pentagon chief for 'murder'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now facing an impeachment push from a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, who is accusing him of committing murder. Axios' Andrew Solender reported Wednesday that Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) will be officially unveiling articles of impeachment against the embattled Pentagon chief during an event at Union Station in Washington D.C. on Thursday morning. Thanedar is introducing the legislation alongside a group that has been carrying out a sustained 24-hour, daily protest against President Donald Trump's administration.

December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM EST
Newsom calls out CEOs to their faces for 'groveling' to Trump

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) spent a significant portion of a recent address criticizing members of his audience for their obeisance to President Donald Trump. Politico reported Wednesday that the two-term governor -- who is presumed to run for the presidency in 2028 -- told audience members at the New York Times DealBook Summit that they were complicit in some of the Trump administration's worst abuses. At one point he suggested they should buy the kneepads with Trump's signature he's selling on his website, given their pattern of "groveling to Trump's needs."

December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST
MAGA demands Republicans 'double down on the Trump agenda' despite election scares

Despite narrowly avoiding an upset in a deep-red Tennessee congressional district this week and losing multiple high-profile statewide elections last month, some MAGA influencers are convinced the Republican Party can avoid steep losses in the midterms by sticking with President Donald Trump. Axios reported Wednesday that prominent conservatives have diagnosed the GOP's problem as being insufficiently pro-Trump, and that Republicans who lost recent contests (like the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections) only came up short because they weren't MAGA enough.